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 25 Jul 2012 @ 01:36
The Dairi Battak, who live to the north of the Toba and are .more or less in contact with the Muhammadanized Garo, have a version 26 which presents interesting differences. Batara Guru (Sanskrit Bhattara Guru), the highest of the gods,...
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17 Jul 2012 @ 06:09
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With them we may compare the origin-myths of several of the tribes of south-eastern Borneo. One version states that in the beginning there were only the sky and sea, in which swam a great serpent upon whose head was a crown of gold set with a shining stone. More >
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15 Jul 2012 @ 06:20
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This more wide-spread class assumes the existence of a sky-world or upper realm, and of a primeval sea below it in which or on which the world is made. We may begin with the out-line of a myth 'told in Minahassa which is a variant off the one just given. More >
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29 Jun 2012 @ 06:06
In the Polynesian area one of the most characteristic and interesting types of cosmogonic myths was that which explained the origin of the universe as due to a sort of evolutionary development from an original chaos or nothingness; and, at least in central Polynesia, this assumed a genealogical form. More >
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25 Jun 2012 @ 06:36
In my succeeding notes I will delve on the matter of cosmogony as contained in ASEAN myths, which is a synthesis of the objective world of cosmos and the subjective worlds of sentient beings. Before I proceed to those note presentations, let me articulate briefly the archetypal images in the cosmogony.
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23 Jun 2012 @ 05:36
Among ancient Filipinos, a branch of the Malayo-Mu peoples, is the belief in the Supreme Being. The Tagalogs held the belief in Bathala, the Supreme Deity who was also King of the Diwatas. Diwata comes from the Sanskrit devata, meaning deva. The belief in Bathala however goes beyond the Tagalogs, as it goes all the way southwards to the Visayas and Java. More >
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21 Jun 2012 @ 05:51
Divine wisdom or Theos Sophia articulated well about the Supreme Deity or the One Universal Principle. The Supreme Being has the Unmanifest and Manifest aspects, and we can know only the Manifest aspect of that omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent Being. More >
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3 Jun 2012 @ 06:11
Popular among the Southeast Asians is the narrative of Malin Kundang. It has diverse versions, and is known among the insular Southeast (Malaysia, Singapore) and peninsular Southeast (Brunei, insular Malaysia, Indonesia). More >
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29 May 2012 @ 06:06
A very popular legend among the Bruneians is the story of the great warrior Awang Semaun. The narrative about the great warrior reveals facets of the early kingship (sultanate) formation of Brunei and the institutions interwoven with it.
What I wish to highlight in the tale though is a more recondite facet: the tale’s revelation of the early egg-laying or oviparous way of laying children by the early Lemurians. Divine wisdom had revealed that the first phase of Lemurian races were gigantic, hermaphroditic types who reproduced largely through egg-laying. More >
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28 May 2012 @ 06:25
For this particular note, the focus will be on the subject of 4-dimensional space. Let it be echoed that the mahatmas of the spiritual Brotherhood have already shared to us the core knowledge about space some couples of decades before Albert Einstein theorized about the Special Theory of Relativity which is premised precisely on a 4-dimensional space. More >
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